You remember COGE (Commission on Government Efficiency), don’t you? Kelly Ayotte’s answer to DOGE, which she packed with NHGOP insiders, her cronies, and her donors. COGE produced “hard-hitting” recommendations such as “creating ‘sponsorship and naming programs’ to generate money from state-owned parks and recreational sites.” House Bill 1706, which would repeal the Department of Health and ... Read more

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Today on the Morning Update, are the UN’s days numbered? The United Nations’ cash flow problems are getting worse, which has me wondering if Mr. Trump’s plan is to get the world to defund the UN until it collapses under its own corrupt bureaucratic weight. Ep. 119 links Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own ... Read more

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The European Union is initiating a new round of regulations that could change the face of iGaming across its member countries. Such developments are timely because online gambling is growing at a rapid pace due to heightened technological innovation, a shift in consumer behavior, and the adoption of online payment systems. Policymakers are also weighing ... Read more

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A Wells man has been arrested on child sexual abuse material charges as part of a multi-state investigation that began in New Hampshire, authorities said. According to a statement published on the Newport, New Hampshire Police Department Facebook page, investigators identified Alexander Henry of Wells as an additional suspect while examining suspected online sexual exploitation ... Read more

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If you are unfamiliar with Walter Hudson, then you are missing out on some genius hot takes and sober analysis of things going on in Minnesota. I am only recently acquainted and wish I’d found him a few months ago. His commentary on the anti-ICE protests and the shenanigans is outstanding and worth your time ... Read more

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This week, on GrokTALK! I open with some fun facts: Everyone in Minnesota knew about the fraud, started to do something about it, but Democrats killed, rewrote it, and now it’s toothless. Then I discuss a growing trend among elected officials, at least in New Hampshire, to publicly tell judges they are out of their ... Read more

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We are a society of strong words, fair intentions, and little conviction for living up to either. After Hitler exterminated 6 million Jews, the world vowed it would never sit idly by and let another massacre happen; not on our watch. Then we watched Pol Pot kill 3 million Cambodians. China is incarcerating as many ... Read more

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Apologies for the short notice, but tonight at 7 PM ET, you are invited to epacfully open-carry at the Durham Town Council Meeting, Town Hall, at 8 New Market Rd. Some folks will be there in opposition to UNH’s gun-free zone policy and in support of legislation to prohibit such policies on campuses across the ... Read more

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Welcome back to another installment of Monday Memes. It’s a bit beefier than usual, mostly from a handful of “Iran” memes that came my way after I’d already put the post together. Extra memes. Not really a hardship. Here we go. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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Two of the 14 Marine Corps Leadership Traits are Initiative and Decisiveness, and President Trump certainly took some initiative and was decisive with his decision to bomb Iran and decapitate its leaders. (Other traits include Dependability, Tact, Integrity, Unselfishness, and Loyalty, which are subjects for a different column.) As was the case with his decision ... Read more

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Today, on the Morning Update, U.S. presidents have a long history of claiming they want to bomb Iran. Mr. Trump just did. I had a few thoughts to share. Ep. 117 Links Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. ... Read more

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I’ll talk about Anthropic in just a moment. First, a true story. When working for a defense contractor in the early 2020s, I was assigned to work on a system (name redacted for obvious reasons) that had been designed in the early 1990s and then fully rolled out in the mid 1990s after multiple successful ... Read more

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I landed in Israel on Friday in the early afternoon, and at passport control, I was asked whether I was aware of the situation with Iran and whether I really wanted to enter.  I said I knew it was tense, and looking back, I wonder how much the passport officer actually knew about what was going to ... Read more

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What Changed And Why It Matters This week, on The Elsa Kurt Show, we pull apart the week’s biggest stories, from a marathon State of the Union and collapsing decorum to a cartel takedown that rattles Mexico and a rough week for New York’s streets and snow plan. We end on Olympic joy and a ... Read more

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Garry Rayno just dropped over 1300+ words to explain just how little he actually knows or understands the problem of education funding in New Hampshire. I know. Veteran journalist. Longtime reporter covering NH State politics and the legislature. I’m sure he’s a great guy and knows a lot of stuff, but decades of experience are ... Read more

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What is happening today between the Left and Right has become so diametrically opposed that it reminds me of the Seinfeld episode, Bizarro World. In that famous, and very funny, episode, Jerry and his gang cross paths with a very similar cast of characters who are the exact opposites of our main characters. Jerry, Elaine, ... Read more

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The world is heavier today – not with grief, but with the weight of justice finally rendered. On February 28, 2026, the era of the “Shadow of God” ended in a plume of fire. Ali Khamenei, the butcher who turned Iran into a prison and the Middle East into a graveyard, was erased from existence in a surgical strike ... Read more

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I filed a straightforward Right-to-Know request asking for the invoice supporting a $33,614 payment to McLane Middleton, the law firm hired to defend the three shell corporations created by the City of Nashua to construct and manage the Nashua Performing Arts Center. What I received in response did not look like transparency. It looked like ... Read more

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There is a growing trend among elected Republicans in New Hampshire. An awareness that courts and judges no longer have our leave to exercise taxing powers. I’m going to cover this more in Monday’s GrokTALK! But I wanted to share this statement from Executive Councilor John Stephen as a primer. The tone and tack are ... Read more

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Stop Giving It More Money! As Vermonters gear up for Town Meeting Day and prepare to vote on the local school budgets that will determine our statewide property tax bill, please consider that the post-Act 60 public school system we have created is destroying our state. It has become a money-sucking vortex of incompetence eating ... Read more

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